GPA Conversion

Question: How to calculate GPA for Indian students applying at universities in the USA? Students applying at U.S. universities usually try using some GPA Conversion formulas. In a graduate school application, GPA will be one of the required entries in the form that has to be filled out. Students from India, China, etc. typically try…

GRE in January, Can I Apply for Fall Semester?

"What is the deadline for applying for Fall Semester classes?" These are among the few related questions I typically answer almost on a daily basis. This is because majority of students plan to take their GRE exams either on January or February. Nihal had asked several questions that would also help answer some of frequently…

Missouri University S&T, Rolla – Financial Aid Available

I hope everyone had good weekend. During the weekend, I chatted with a current student from Missouri University of Science and Technology at Rolla. That student, Harish, was kind enough to send a concise article about his university, the cost of living, etc. Judging from what he wrote, it looks like international students are very…

Email Template to Contact Current Students in Universities

I was chatting with a student who was trying to find the minimum GRE score required for admission to the M.S. in material science program at University of Virginia. I searched around to see if the department had listed the minimum GRE score graduate admission to material science master’s program. The department did not make…

I Sent Email and Got Favorable Response from Professors

I had posted a few articles about contacting professors by email for graduate school admission. One of these articles was Email Template to Contact Professors. One of the readers used the template and got positive responses from the professors and she’s wondering how to proceed next. Here’s her comment… Thank you so much! That, of…

Computer Science Ranking – Universities – Average GRE Scores

Here’s a Computer Science Ranking for graduate degree programs in U.S. universities. I have also listed average GRE scores for some universities. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California at Berkeley Carnegie Mellon University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cornell University Princeton University University of Washington Georgia Institute of Technology University of California at…

Q&A GRE 1,490, but I can’t Afford Cost of U.S. Education

This post is in response to several questions raised by one of the frequent visitors of Happy Schools Blog. I’m sure there are many students who are facing the same situation and have similar questions like this avid reader with respect to money. Here are some Questions and Answers: 1) I would have to show…